Gender parity in Canada’s film and television production industry

Despite making some progress towards gender parity in the Canadian film and television production industry, research shows that women still face barriers to career advancement. The lack of gender parity in key creative positions needs to be addressed. The CRTC, supported by a Steering Committee, brought together Canada’s largest public and private broadcasters. The objective is to find lasting solutions to make sure more women play leading roles in the Canadian film and television production industry.

The December 2018 CRTC Summit was an important first step in the development of solutions to increase women’s access to key creative positions and production budgets in the Canadian film and television industry.

Following the Summit, all participants agreed to work on voluntary action plans tailored to their businesses and markets to address this issue.

Every year, broadcasters publish an annual status report outlining their respective progress towards achieving gender parity for their in-house and commissioned productions.

Starting in 2023, some broadcasters included information on their commitments to inclusion and diversity.

Broadcaster Action plan 2024 progress report
Bell Media Women in Production - Gender Parity Action Plan Bell Media Women in Production 2024 Annual Report
Blue Ant Media Implementation Plan for Achieving Gender Parity in Key Creative Positions Blue Ant media - 2024 Gender Parity Status Report
CBC/Radio-Canada Women in Production Action Plan CBC/Radio-Canada Women in Production 2024 Annual Report
Corus Entertainment Women in Production Corus Voluntary Commitment Corus Entertainment - Women in Production Progress Report Corus Voluntary Commitment 2024
Rogers Media Rogers Media Inc. - Women in Production Action Plan Rogers Sports & Media's Women in Production 2024 Annual Report
TVA Group (in French only) Plan d’action de TVA femmes en production – en route vers la parité TVA Group - 2024 Report
WildBrain – formerly DHX WildBrain Television Women in Production WildBrain Television Women in Production 2024 report

View the broadcasters previous progress reports

Bell Media

Blue Ant Media

Groupe TVA

CBC/Radio-Canada

Corus Entertainment

Rogers Media

Wildbrain

Members of the steering committee

Additional research on gender parity

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